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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173866 | Modulation of plant xylan synthases The present invention provides compositions and methods for manipulation of plant arabinoxylose and plant xylan synthases. Compositions include novel nucleotide sequences encoding xylan synthases and biologically active variants thereof. The invention also includes ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168861 | Compositions and methods for increasing cellulose production This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for genetically altering cellulose biosynthesis. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168862 | Fructan biosynthetic enzymes This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158853 | Polynucleotides encoding lignin biosynthetic pathway enzymes in coffee Polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that comprise the biosynthetic pathway for lignins in the coffee plant are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides and polypeptides for the manipulation of flavor, aroma, and other features of coffe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143479 | Plastidic phosphoglucomutase genes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plastidic phosphoglucomutase protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, in sense or anti... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8124840 | Regulating metabolism by modifying the level of trehalose-6-phosphate Method for the inhibition of carbon flow in the glycolytic direction in a cell by increasing the intracellular availability of trehalose-6-phosphate. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124841 | Truncation of the C-terminal end of alpha-amylase The present invention is directed to C-terminal truncated α-amylase polypeptides, nucleic acid sequences encoding the truncated α-amylase polypeptides, and methods of using the same. Further provided are expression cassettes, plants and plant parts expressing the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8093456 | Transgenic cover plants containing hemicellulase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars The present invention provides transgenic cover crop plants which after harvest degrade the hemicellulose and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise cellulase... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088975 | Phenylpropanoid related regulatory protein-regulatory region associations Materials and methods for identifying lignin regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating lignin accumulation are also disclosed. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076535 | Modulating plant sugar levels This document provides methods and materials related to plants having modulated (e.g., increased) levels of sugars (e.g., glucose, fructose, and/or sucrose). For example, this document provides plants having increased sugar levels as well as methods and materials fo... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076534 | Chlamydomonas glucan dikinase gene, enzyme and modified starch, uses, methods for production thereof The present invention relates the nucleotide sequence from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encoding a glucan dikinase enzyme and to methods of use; to modified starch, as well as production and uses thereof. The starch has modified properties of viscosity and a mod... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071842 | Method of constructing novel higher plant and method of promoting the growth of higher plant The present invention provides a method of producing a higher plant having cytochrome c6 in the thylakoid space of chloroplast, which is characterized in that it comprises introducing a gene encoding a fused protein formed by adding a signal peptide consi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067670 | Plants that produce amylopectin starch with novel properties The present invention relates to genetically modified plant cells and plants in which the genetic modification leads to a reduction in GBSSI, SSIII and BEI activity in comparison to the activity in corresponding wild type plant cells or wild type plants. Furthermore... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058508 | Optimizing glycan processing in plants The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053635 | Transformed plant expressing a dextransucrase and synthesizing a modified starch The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification leads to the expression in plastids of such plant cells and plants of an enzyme having the activity of a dextransucrase. Furthermore, the presen... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049066 | Methods and means for modulating cellulose biosynthesis in fiber producing plants The present invention provides novel genes involved in cellulose biosynthesis and methods using such genes to modulate cellulose biosynthesis in fiber-producing plants such as cotton. The invention also provides methods for identifying and isolating alleles of these... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8022269 | Altered metabolism The present invention relates to methods for increasing the yield of a compound produced by an organism. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for increasing the total or soluble carbohydrate content or sweetness or increasing the content of an... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8008544 | Methods for altering the reactivity of plant cell walls Methods and means are provided for the modification of the reactivity of plant cell walls, particularly as they can be found in natural fibers of fiber producing plants by inclusion of positively charged oligosaccharides or polysaccharides into the cell wall. This c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003850 | Method for producing target proteins using amino acids and pyruvic acids in culture of plant cells Provided is a method for producing a target protein via cultivation of transgenic plant cells comprising a promoter capable of expressing the protein under sugar-free conditions in the response to the depletion of sugar and a gene encoding the target protein, withou... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7989677 | Nucleic acids and proteins associated with sucrose accumulation in coffee Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules isolated from coffee (Coffea spp.) comprising sequences that encodes various sucrose metabolizing enzymes, along with their encoded proteins. Specifically, sucrose synthase, sucrose phosphate synthase and sucrose ph... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982094 | Gene encoding lignan methylation enzyme The present invention relates to genes for enzymes having the activity of transferring a methyl group to lignans, plants with an altered lignan composition using these methyltransferases, and so on. More particularly, the present invention relates to enzyme genes ha... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7973214 | Designer organisms for photosynthetic production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water The present invention provides a revolutionary photosynthetic ethanol production technology based on designer transgenic plants, algae, or plant cells. The designer plants, designer algae, and designer plant cells are created such that the endogenous photosynthesis ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968766 | Plant UDP-galatose epimerases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7932436 | Plants with increased activity of multiple starch phosphorylating enzymes The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification leads to the increase of the activity of a starch phosphorylating OK1 protein and a starch phosphorylating R1 protein in comparison with corresp... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919681 | Self-processing plants and plant parts The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7906705 | Polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded therefrom and methods of using same for increasing biomass in plants and plants generated thereby A method of increasing biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant is disclosed. The method comprises expressing within the plant an exogenous polypeptide comprising a UGGPase activity. The polypeptide may comprise an amino acid sequence at least 90% homologous, and/or a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7880054 | Plant CAD1-like genes and their use The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (1) like (CAD1L) polypeptides. CAD1L polypeptides are produced in a plant in the same organs and the same developmental stages and processes of CAD1 and are likely to be involve... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875764 | Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875763 | Fructan biosynthetic enzymes This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7855322 | Self processing plants and plant parts The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activat... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842853 | Transgenic plants synthesizing high amylose starch Transgenic plant cells and plants are described which synthesise a starch which is modified in comparison with corresponding wild type plant cells and plants. The plant cells and plants described show a reduced activity of R1, BEI and BEII proteins. Furthermore, mod... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7807871 | Sugarcane plants with an increased storage carbohydrate content The present invention relates to a method for increasing the storage carbohydrate content of sugarcane plants. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807870 | Method for altering the content of reserve substances in plants The invention relates to a method for modifying the storage reserve content in plants, where leghemoglobin- and/or hemoglobin-expressing transformed plants are employed, to corresponding plants, and to their use. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803985 | Gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate in the non-mevalonate pathway of According to this invention, a gene cluster involved in the non-mevalonate pathway of Hevea brasiliensis was obtained and nucleotide sequences of these genes were determined. The gene cluster according to this invention involved in the IPP biosynthesis in the... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803986 | Fructan Biosynthetic Enzymes This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7777099 | Genetic method The present invention describes a method of increasing plan yield. Also described are DNA constructs comprising DNA sequences coding for proteins involved in sucrose transport, metabolism and uptake operably linked to controllable promoter regions and plants transfo... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772463 | Plants with increased activity of a starch phosphorylating enzyme The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, whereby the genetic modification leads to an increase in the activity of a starch-phosphorylating OK1 protein in comparison to the corresponding wild type plant cells or wild ty... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7723567 | Raffinose synthase genes and their use Raffinose synthase genes coding for proteins capable of producing raffinose by combining a D-galactosyl group through an α(1→6) bond with a hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom at position 6 of a D-glucose residue in a sucrose molecule were isolated from va... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7655836 | Method for increasing product yield The present invention relates to methods for increasing the yield of a compound produced by an organism. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for increasing the total or soluble carbohydrate content or sweetness or increasing the content of an... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635799 | Corn event 3272 and methods for detection thereof A novel transgenic corn event designated 3272, is disclosed. The invention relates to DNA sequences of the recombinant constructs inserted into the corn genome that resulted in the 3272 event and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion sites as well as to assays... | 12/22/2009 |
